Analytics Team
The Citywide Analytics Team is the City of Boston’s central data organization. We use data and technology to improve our City.
Through better understanding and usage of data, we work to increase the quality of life for residents and enhance City government. Our analysis and visualizations focus on improving how the City operates. We work with City departments to:
- solve challenging problems
- build a more effective government, and
- deliver better outcomes for people who live and work in Boston.
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Celebrating five years of serving our residents in the City of Boston.
Where you can access Boston’s municipal data.
We gauge the health of the City by aggregating key metrics.
A tool that provides data about Boston's properties.
We have a series of interactive maps related to the City of Boston.
Track the City’s progress towards achieving the plan's goals.
How participants used open data to solve problems faced by the City.
Related documents
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Press
Press- OpenGov Voices: Making open data more accessible — three lessons from Boston (Sunlight Foundation, January 17, 2017)
- Analyze Boston cranks up civic engagement on open data (StateScoop, February 28, 2017)
- Open data portal beta encourages visitors to 'Analyze Boston' (GovTech, March 1, 2017)
- Boston puts open-data quality first (GCN, March 20, 2017)
- How Boston plans to save $1 million by watching its power bill (StateScoop, March 30, 2017)
- Boston Open Data Challenge will highlight City's new data portal (GovTech, April 10, 2017)
- Case Study | Boston’s Citywide Analytics Team (Harvard, May 15, 2017)
- How an open license can encourage use of open data (Sunlight Foundation, June 2, 2017)
- Map of the Month: Vision Zero Boston (Harvard, July 25, 2017)
- Mayor Walsh releases Rentmart tool for renters (Wicked Local, August 7, 2017)
- Tech Tools, Dashboards Help Boston Spark Citizen Interest in Open Data (GovTech, August 25, 2017)
- Keep the city accountable for its Imagine Boston 2030 goals with this datadashboard (Metro, August 28, 2017)
- Find out if your Boston apartment has a history of problems, and what to do if it does (Globe, August 31, 2017)
- How cities score (Economist, March 23, 2016)
- Hazard data helps Boston firefighters make informed decisions (GovTech, July 29, 2016)
- Boston officials use Big Data to find deceptive rental ads, unsafe units (Boston Globe, September 2, 2016)
- Technology helps cops track down Boston johns (Boston Herald, October 13, 2016)